Prospect Park and Coney Island RR

(Culver Line)

The Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad
was built as a street level steam line in 1875 by Andrew Culver.
It was a consolidation of a former horse car line, The Park Ave.
RR and another
company which he formed in 1972, the NY, Greenwood and Coney Island
RR. (copy of stock certificate
contributed by Peter F.) It ran from
9th Ave. and 20th St. in Brooklyn south to Coney Island. In 1885,
the LIRR made an agreement with the Culver line (now much of the
route of the NYC Subway's F train in Brooklyn along McDonald Ave.
- formerly Gravesend Ave.) to operate trains jointly over each
other's tracks. In 1892 the LIRR purchased the line from Andrew
Culver and, from 1893 to 1899, the LIRR actually ran the Culver
line as a part of the NY & Manhattan
Beach division. The Culver line was leased by the BRT and
eventually became a part of the BMT. It was electrified in 1899,
and was elevated in 1919. The LIRR continued operating its trains
over the Culver line until 1909.

For a more complete history of the line,
follow this link
to nycsubway.org

The original stations on the line were as
follows:

Greenwood  Opened June 19, 1875. At
9th Ave. between 19th and 20th Sts. Converted to trolley operation
in 1916 when the route of the Culver line changed to the East
River

Turners Station  1875 and 1876
only. Near Ft. Hamilton Parkway

Kensington  Opened 1890. At the corner
of Gravesend Ave. and Avenue C

Parkville  Opened 1875. At the crossing
with the Bay Ridge line.

Washington Station  At Ave. K for
Washington Cemetery

Harris Station (Woodlawn)  Opened
1875. At Ave. N. Name changed to Woodlawn in 1878

Kings Highway  Opened 1875

Jockey Club Race Course  Between Aves.
S and T (Thanks to "Big John - fan of the Sunrise
Trail" for the ticket pictures on this page)

Gravesend  Opened 1875. At Gravesend
Ave. and Neck Road.

Van Sicklens  Opened 1875. North of
Neptune Ave.

Coney Island  Opened 1875 at the beach.
Cut back when Surf Ave. was built in 1883.

These tickets show some of the routes that could be taken
when the Culver line was part of the LIRR.